About

Santeri is a hand balancer, contortionist, pole dancer, voguer and performer from Finland, from the country of snow and serenity. He has studied circus arts in Ecole Supérieure des Arts du Cirque in Belgium. He is a finnish pole dance champion. Santeri has been performing, competing and teaching internationally. He has performed at Palazzo Hamburg, Wintergarten Berlin, Lido de Paris, Manko Cabaret, Vogue Paris Foundation Gala, The Ritz Paris and Le Bal de la Rose. Santeri has been featured in Vogue France and Daily Mail magazines. In 2024 he was the cultural guest of YLE, The Finnish Broadcasting Company.

AGE 31 HEIGHT 180cm WEIGHT 73kg

CIRCUS ARTIST Hand balancing, contortion, adagio

DANCER Pole dance, voguing

PERFORMANCES

CYRKULACJE contemporary circus festival finalist and winner of Hansa Theater Engagement Award, Poland, 2024

ERIKA VIKMAN - MYYNNISSÄ music video, Finland, 2024

PALAZZO HAMBURG, 2023-2024

PETE THE MONKEY music festival, Normandy, 2023

F(Ê)AITES DE LA DANSE by Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo, 2023

LA MADAME KLAUDE IN ALCAZAR, Paris, 2023

WINTERGARTEN BERLIN TOUR, Germany and Switzerland, 2023

ALLIANZ PARTY, Berlin, 2023

TIKTOK PARTY, Berlin, 2022

VENUS AWARDS, Berlin, 2022

WINTERGARTEN BERLIN, 2022-2023

BAL DE LA ROSE Artistic direction by Christian Louboutin, Monte Carlo, 2022

PARADIS LATIN PRIVATE PARTY, Paris, 2022

WINTERGARTEN BERLIN TOUR, Germany and Denmark, 2022

LA MADAME KLAUDE IN ALCAZAR, Paris, 2022

WINTERGARTEN BERLIN, 2020

BALENCIAGA SS20 after party at Paris Fashion Week, Paris, 2019

CIRQUE DE TUQUE, Germany, 2019

MANKO CABARET, Toronto, 2019

AMAZON STUDIOS - MAKING THE CUT video shoot, Paris, 2019

LIDO DE PARIS, Paris, 2019

KENZO TAKADA’s 80th birthday party, Paris, 2019

CIRQUE DE TUQUE, Germany, 2019

HEALTH AWARDS, Finland, 2019

LOUIS VUITTON private party, Paris, 2018

THE RITZ PARIS 10 years anniversary of Grand Luxury, Paris, 2018

MANKO CABARET, Paris, September 2018 - 2019

VOGUE PARIS FOUNDATION GALA, Paris, 2018

MUSEUM OF SEX voguing party, New York, 2017

DAZED AND CONFUSED MAGAZINE video shoot, New York, 2017

NOKIA photo shoot, Finland, 2017

CATMANDOO sportswear brand photo and video shoot, Finland, 2017

POLE SHOW LA, Los Angeles, 2017

CES EXPO, Las Vegas, 2017

GLORIA FASHION SHOW, Finland, 2016

CABINET OF POLITICAL WONDERS theatre production, Poland, 2015

MOËT & CHANDON party, Finland, 2015

POLE SHOW LA, Las Vegas, 2015

CABINET OF POLITICAL WONDERS theatre production, Germany, 2015

MADONNA’S REBEL HEART TOUR AUDITION, New York, 2015

COMPETITIONS / VOGUE BALLS

CYRKULACJE contemporary circus festival finalist and winner of Hansa Theater Engagement Award, Poland, 2024

UNITED STATES OF AFRICA BALL II winner of new way vogue, Paris, 2018

FINNISH POLE SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIPS winner of senior elite men, Finland, 2018

THE LATEX BALL winner of new way vogue, New York, 2017

HOUSE DANCE INTERNATIONAL 2nd place of vogue, New York, 2017

VOGUE KNIGHTS winner of new way vogue, New York, 2017

CELEBRATION OF LIFE BALL winner of new way vogue, Paris, 2016

POLE ART ITALY winner of semi-pro men, Milan, 2015

TEACHING / WORKSHOPS

POLE AND DANCE pole dance studio, 2023

POLE AND DANCE pole dance studio, 2022

POLE AND DANCE pole dance studio, Paris, 2018 - 2020

VERTICAL CLUB pole dance studio, Finland, 2017 - 2018

WORKSHOP TOUR with pole dancer Oona Kivelä, Brazil, 2016

WORKSHOP TOUR with pole dancer Oona Kivelä, Mexico, 2015

WORKSHOPS in pole dance studios in Croatia, Finland, Sweden, Italy, Los Angeles, Denmark, Belgium, France, Brazil, Mexico, since 2014

EDUCATION

DANS OCH CIRCUSHÖGSKOLAN handstand course, Sweden, 2016

ECOLE SUPÉRIEURE DES ARTS DU CIRQUE, Belgium, 2013-2014